The Institute of Coding (IoC) is launching its Industrial Masters programme for Artificial Intelligence (IMAI) for a third year, announced Matt Warman, minister for digital infrastructure, at the CogX Festival earlier this week (14 June). The IoC, a national consortium of industry, educators and outreach providers, led by the University of Bath, hopes the course will help to address the UK's skills shortage by instilling students with employer-led, industry-informed digital knowledge and expertise. Through the IMAI programme, the IoC is working alongside the government's Office for Artificial Intelligence to advance its work on a nationwide programme of industry-funded postgraduate degrees and work placements. The studentships and placements use higher education as a platform to help people build careers in AI. "Through our bold new National AI Strategy we will lead the charge in harnessing the power of AI to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time…" – Matt Warman, minister for digital infrastructure The IMAI team has successfully paired students with industry partners since March 2019, increasing skills and diversity within the professional field. The initiative has seen the creation of new AI Masters places at UK universities funded by corporations such as DeepMind, QuantumBlack, Cisco and BAE Systems, backed by the UK government.

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., April 26, 2021 -- Abbott today announced that its new imaging platform powered by Ultreon 1.0 Software, is now CE Marked in Europe. This first-of-its-kind imaging software merges optical coherence tomography (OCT) – an imaging tool that provides physicians a comprehensive view inside an artery or blood vessel – with the power of artificial intelligence (AI) for enhanced visualization. The new Ultreon Software can automatically detect the severity of calcium-based blockages and measure vessel diameter to enhance the precision of physicians' decision-making during coronary stenting procedures. Unlike traditional imaging methods such as conventional angiography, Abbott's OCT technology uses near-infrared light to provide high-definition, precise imaging from within a blood vessel. OCT imaging also helps improve physicians' assessment of blockages in those vessels and optimize decisions related to stent selection, placement and deployment.